The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department has a new deputy in the patrol division.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Smith, 29, has moved from the Syracuse Police Department with 5 years as a deputy marshal on the patrol division. He started with Syracuse as a reserve officer.
Prior to being a police officer, Smith enlisted in the United States Army and is still currently in the U.S. Army Reserves. Smith was also deployed for 9 months in Iraq in 2003.
Smith is a 2008 graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and a native Warsaw
Sheriff Rocky Goshert stated that Smith was selected from a large group of excellent candidates.
